As I was wrapping up my day job I noticed that the trees outside my eastern-facing window were a lovely warm color. This usually means another spectacular sunset! Needless to say, as soon as I shut down my computer I grabbed my phone and headed outside to capture a photo of the western horizon. In that moment nothing mattered but the sky, how beautiful it was, and breathing. I realized that I did not do a good job of breathing through the day, sidelined by this stressor or that.
Skies like this are fleeting. It only takes a few minutes for the sun to slip lower on the horizon and the peak sunset display to fade. Tonight was a good night. I didn’t miss it. I needed to lose myself in its splendor. And to remember that silly rhyme…”red sky at night, sailor’s delight…” It was like the universe was saying to me, though the dark night is coming, so is the dawn, clear and bright!” I needed that.
Been so busy putting things away and settling in that I barely realized that the sun sets just over the ridge outside my front door. It’s an average sort of sunset, as sunsets go, but it is the most beautiful reminder to me to pay attention to my natural surroundings. The truth is, I get home from work most nights after this spectacular show. But while I’m off this week I’m going to make a date with the gloaming. This is why we moved here to our little house in the clearing on a hill. The pictures for the walls will be hung later. For now, there is a more pressing matter. The gentle dark descending, and the illusion, thanks to a perfect row of low hovering clouds, of a golden lake just beyond the trees suspended in the dusky sky. Peace on Earth…indeed.
So it is easier for you to find all the parts/chapters of my ongoing fiction series, I created a new page that lists all the links. You can check it out HERE!
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